Emacs IDE for C++

A ready-to-use Emacs IDE for C++ that provides:

• Project scaffolding and boilerplate code generation
• Code navigation, completion, and syntax highlighting
• Integrated CMake support and build system
• Unit test integration
• Version control and Git support
• Debugging

[Screenshot of project tree]

Quick Start

1. Backup your current Emacs config:

   mv ~/.emacs.d ~/.emacs.d.bak
       

2. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/StefanChristians/emacsedi.git ~/.emacs.d
       

3. Start Emacs. Required packages will be automatically installed.
4. Create a new C++ project:
   • Right-click in the Treemacs frame → Projects → Create New C++ Project
   • Choose project type: Simple, Standard, Library, or Large

[Sample project types]

Project Types

• Simple: All source files in a single directory for quick proof-of-concept projects
• Standard: Separate `app` and `core`, includes documentation and localization
• Library: Stand-alone, shareable libraries with headers in `include`
• Large: Multiple independent modules, each with their own sources, headers, and tests

Features

Some highlighted user-facing functionality:

• Code navigation & completion: LSP support with lsp-ui and company-mode
• Syntax highlighting: Modern C++ highlighting (modern-cpp-font-lock)
• Project management: Tree view of files, quick open, workspace handling (treemacs)
• Version control: Git integration (magit), view changes inline (diff-hl)
• Convenience: Auto-insert boilerplate code, snippet templates (yasnippet), cursor beacon, code folding, code completion
• Debugging: Debugging with GDB or LLDB

[Debugging]

Configuration (Advanced)

• Packages are loaded and configured via use-package in init.el
• C++ project defaults are defined in ide-cpp.el and can be overridden in the (use-package ide-cpp.el) call at the end of init.el
• Auto-text blocks are defined as `yasnippet` templates in the snippets/ directory